Is it possible to develop a floating drilling rig “Abdul Hamid Khan” at the moment can be described as light traffic – it is close to the Turkish coast at about 30 nautical miles – but at the level of rhetoric, the neighbors are still provoking. By inflation in Turkey go to 80%, oh Erdogan it is believed that he did not have much room for “nationalist guys”. He just wants to maintain tension in the region. And he does this with the help of “rig diplomacy”, with air violations, as well as with the extreme positions of himself and his ministers.

A typical example about Suleiman Soyluwho returned with provocative accusations of training PKK members in Greece. The Turkish interior minister puts both Europe as a whole and the United States in the frame: “Unfortunately, Greece has again activated the Lavrio camp. And despite this phase, and despite the fact that this is the period when Europe and the United States support the PKK the most, we are experiencing the most successful period in the fight against terrorism.”

Immediately and in high tones was his answer Takis Theodorikaku: “The Turkish Interior Minister’s statements that Greece is a terrorist training center are provocative and have nothing to do with truth and reality. And all of Europe knows about it.” The Citizens Protection Minister added that Europe is also very well aware “that Turkey continues and uses unfortunate people, illegal immigrants, as it did in March 2020, repeatedly pushing them violently towards our borders, which are Europe’s borders with Turkey. We will not allow. We defend our borders in the name of international law.”

Turkey’s annoyance with Greece’s arms policy and the alliances it has created is evident and shows up at regular intervals. Erdogan continues to stagnate, continuing to “flirt” with Moscow. In addition to the S-400, the information indicates that both sides are discussing ways to facilitate Turkish payments for natural gas supplies. In any case, the tone of challenges is set by the President of Turkey, who promises the results of the driller’s research. “We will share the news with our country as soon as we get the expected results with the drilling ship Abdul Hamid Khan. First of all, I hope that things will be very different when we discover our natural gas and oil,” he stressed. It is clear that the Turkish president is also moving towards elections, which he wants to win at any cost. In this effort, he is trying to create alliances and close fronts, and now he is making a friendly attack on Egypt: “The people of Egypt are our brothers. It is impossible to be at odds with the Egyptian people.”